MBA in Strategy

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (M.B.A.) in Strategy

Overview

An MBA specialization in strategy will equip a graduate with the required skills to prosper in a career in business management. Key lessons would include: industry and environmental analysis, internal analysis and competitive advantage, organizational structure, design and alignment, market evolution and dynamics; in addition to many specialized topics for specific industries, world regions or stages of market development. Strategy draws upon all of the business and market fundamentals, so it is important that a specialized strategy curriculum also includes a solid grounding in topics such as economics, accounting, finance, marketing, organizations, and operations. In today’s competitive marketplace, strategy is a critical management resource. A strategy specialization trains students to see the enterprise as a whole, and to understand how and why a manager can make a difference to the performance of the entire firm. Strategy helps to align the company’s activities to ensure long-term success. It also takes a holistic view of the organization and its industry in making decisions. MBAs with a solid grounding in strategy will be valued for their ability to drive the business forward and to take the firm into new directions.

Core modules

MGT510: Managerial Accounting

MGT520: Managing Business Strategy

MGT530: Human Capital Management

MGT540: Marketing Management

MGT550: Managing Operations

MGT560: Leading Organization

MGT570: Financial Management

MGT580: Project Management

Entry requirements

Recognized Bachelor Degree in any field

Sufficient English language proficiency (IELTS 6.0 or its equivalent)

At least 3 years of working experience in the managerial position

Action research paper

This requirement of the MBA programme will enable the student to prepare a research paper that applies managerial concepts and research techniques to a significant organizational issue or problem, within the context of his/her chosen specialization area. After completing the action research the student should be able to:

Select, evaluate and apply critical management thinking to an organizational issue or problem.

Critically evaluate the techniques and processes used to investigate an important organizational issue or problem.

Synthesize information to arrive at a coherent conclusion.

Critically evaluate the implications for the recommendations presented.

Critically reflect on his or her development of knowledge, skills and techniques used during the preparation of the action research paper.

Progamme benefits

To enable the advanced study of organizations, their management and the changing external context in which they operate.

Equip individuals for and/or development of a career in business and management by developing skills at a professional or equivalent level to assume senior managerial and leadership positions in business.

Development of the ability to apply knowledge and understanding of business and management to complex issues, both systematically and creatively, to improve business and management leadership and practice.

Enhancement of lifelong learning and personal development so as to be able to work with self-direction and originality and to contribute to business and society at large.

Learning Materials

Personalized, easy to understand text-based (reading materials) interactive resources that progressively and systematically takes the learner through various areas of competencies required at the workplace, in a specialized field of study

Assessment of learning

Personalized exercises, assignments and/or quizzes are utilized throughout the course/programme to measure progress in learning. Such comprehensive assessment procedure is characterized by being diagnostic, formative (intervention-oriented), and summative

Completion requirements

100% completion of courses and assessment therein is required to be able to get certified in the said course and/or programme